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Horrocks family fonds
CA ON00311 PF13 · Fonds · [16--?], 1828-1848

Fonds consists of records documenting the transfer of property within the Horrocks family of Oldham, England. The fonds includes a letter of administration granting Samuel Horrock's widow, Betty, the goods of her husband who died intestate; a release of the estates of Samuel Horrocks and Joseph Bradley; assignments and release in the estate of Betty Horrocks; and, a schedule of documents regarding the estate of Samuel Horrocks and Betty Horrocks. The fonds also includes an unidentified parchment document.

Horrocks, Samuel (family)
CA ON00311 PF31 · Collection · 1868

Collection consists of one photograph of Osgoode Hall, taken by the Notman & Fraser studio of Toronto.

Tanenbaum, Howard A.
CA ON00311 PF195 · Fonds · 1937-1974

Fonds consists of records created and maintained by H. Stanley Honsberger, a lawyer in Toronto, Ontario. The fonds primarily contains correspondence received by Honsberger, which are largely thank-you letters, letters of congratulations and other miscellaneous personal correspondence. Also included is a file relating to the organization of the 50th reunion of the Osgoode Hall Law School class of 1917.

Honsberger, Hugh Stanley, 1889-1979
Hugh Thomas Kelly fonds
CA ON00311 PF128 · Fonds · 1924

Fonds consists of a commission granted to Hugh Thomas Kelly.

Hughes Amys LLP fonds
CA ON00311 PF245 · Fonds · 1901-1913, 1920-1955, 1983-1985, 1993

Fonds consists of textual records from the firm including correspondence, historical documents, and articles. There are photographs of the early partners and staff.

Hughes Amys LLP
CA ON00311 PF96 · Fonds · 1873-1875

Fonds consists of an article of clerkship agreement, an affidavit, and court certificates relating to the legal career of Isaac Baldwin McQuesten.

McQuesten, Isaac Baldwin, 1847-1888
J. David Gorrell fonds
CA ON00311 PF38 · Fonds · 1975, 1979

Fonds consists of two photographs of the Toronto Crown Attorney's Office maintained by former Crown Attorney, J. David Gorrell.

J. David Guyer fonds
CA ON00311 PF106 · Fonds · 2007

Fonds consists of a memoir written by John David Guyer, who practiced law in Hamilton and Little Current, Manitoulin Island. Guyer was a participant at the Sole and Small Firm Practitioner History Project seminar given by the Heritage Committee in Toronto in June of 2005.

Guyer, John David
James Beaty, Jr. fonds
CA ON00311 PF68 · Fonds · 1854-1859

Fonds consists of a note book maintained by James Beaty, Jr., while serving in executive positions in the Osgoode Club, a debating society organized to better prepare students for the profession of law through readings, discussions and debates.

Beaty, James, Jr., 1831-1899
CA ON00311 PF20 · Fonds · 1838

Fonds consists of a volume of Justice James Buchanan Macaulay's bench notes.

Macaulay, James Buchanan, 1793-1859
James Cashman fonds
CA ON00311 PF32 · Fonds · 1899-1900

Fonds consists of correspondence documenting the appointment of James Cashman as the first Crown Attorney for the District of Manitoulin. Most of the correspondence consist of replies to requests for support, and letters of congratulation after the appointment. Several letters regard expenses and accomodations for Crown Attorneys throughout the province. Fonds is comprised of the following series: Correspondence

Cashman, James W., fl. 1899-1941
James Chalmers McRuer fonds
CA ON00311 PF73 · Fonds · 1933-1965

Fonds consists of photographs relating to the life and career of James Chalmers McRuer. The photographs depict the ceremony opening the courthouse in Belleville, Ontario, a committee meeting, and Osgoode Hall Law School reunions.

McRuer, James Chalmers, 1890-1985
James Henry Shannon fonds
CA ON00311 PF192 · Fonds · [1890?]-1955, predominant 1930-1955

Fonds consists predominantly of office administrative records created or accumulated by James Henry Shannon. These records pertain to Shannon's legal work for individuals and for the Town of Harriston, as well as his work as an insurance agent. The records in the fonds include correspondence, invoices, legal forms, newspaper clippings, and a patent.

Shannon, James Henry, 1880-1955
James W. MacKinnon fonds
CA ON00311 PF109 · Fonds · 1945

Fonds consists of two volumes of printed lecture notes by Professor Donald A. MacRae, a lecturer at Osgoode Hall Law School. The volumes relate to courses in evidence and real property. Both volumes were maintained by James W. MacKinnon, a law student who attended both courses by MacRae. The volume of notes on real property has been heavily annotated by MacKinnon.

MacKinnon, James William, 1923-2000
James Woods Mallon fonds
CA ON00311 PF79 · Fonds · 1891-1933

Fonds consists of records relating to the education, social interests and professional career of James Woods Mallon. Records relate to his legal education and clerkship, his career with Francis A. Anglin and later with the Ontario government, his involvement with the Osgoode Legal and Literary Society, and other matters.

Mallon, James Woods, b. 1864
Janet Bradley fonds
CA ON00311 PF246 · Fonds · 2019

Fonds consists of a memoir written by Janet Bradley upon her retirement as a lawyer in October 2019.

Bradley, Janet
Joel Kerbel collection
CA ON00311 PF233 · Collection · 1736-1855

Collection consists of mortgages pertaining to land transfers made in the Counties of Essex, Hereford and Worcester in England during the 1700s and 1800s.

Kerbel, Joel Anthony Leon, 1942-1995
John A. Robinson fonds
CA ON00311 PF95 · Fonds · 1872-1882

Fonds consists of certificates and commissions relating to the legal and teaching career of John Alexander Robinson. The fonds also includes one hand-written promissory note relating to a financial matter.

Robinson, John A., fl. 1882
John Alexander Boyd fonds
CA ON00311 PF163 · Fonds · 1859, 1881, 1917

Fonds consists of records pertaining to the legal career and life of Sir John Alexander Boyd, an Ontario lawyer, judge and chancellor. The record in this fonds, which are a Senate address and resolution, a letter and a published poem, document Boyd's activities as a student, his appointment as Chancellor of Ontario, and commemorations made by the University of Toronto after his death in 1916.

Boyd, John Alexander, 1837-1916
John A.M. Galilee collection
CA ON00311 PF216 · Collection · [1873?]

Collection consists of a note written by Arthur Orton (1834-1898), widely known as "the Claimant", during the Tichborne case in England during the 1860s and 1870s. The note is believed to have been written by Orton during his criminal case trial (Regina v. Castro) in 1873.